B Phrygian Positions On The Guitar Fretboard

B PHRYGIAN MODE

‘B Phrygian’ is the 3rd mode of the G major scale. The notes in B Phrygian are:

B – C – D – E – F# – G – A

If you have read the post on understanding the phrygian mode, you will know that the phrygian mode contains a ‘flat 2’, a ‘flat 3’, a ‘flat 6’ and a ‘flat 7’ (parallel approach). You will also know that it is the 3rd mode of a major scale (derivative approach). Let’s briefly look at how to construct G Phrygian using both the parallel approach and the derivative approach.